Sunrise over Fallujah

A Classic for the Ages- A must read!

Sunrise over Fallujah is a novel whose storyline pertains to the war in Iraq and how one soldier learns about the realism of war. The story follows the Invasion of Iraq through the eyes of Pvt. Scott Carpenter, an African-American soldier in the Public Relations Unit. In the Unit, he sees the war firsthand, like gruesome battle scenes and individual events that happen to each of the unit members. The themes that the book represents are courage, prejudice, and suffering in trials of war and hatred. I liked Sunrise over Fallujah because I really love war stories to heart and this book is now one of my favorites. It contains drama, some love, with a blast of action and suspense to keep the reader involved with the story. I didn't find anything wrong with the book other than a part that is VERY suggestive and inappropriate for some younger readers. People should read Sunrise Over Fallujah because it teaches the reader about the aspects of war and the view from not only an American standpoint, but also a view from the Iraqis natives there caught between the crossfire. Overall, I would rate this ***** (five stars), because I loved both the characters and the storyline itself. Other books I would recommend that are like this are Flags of Our Fathers and Black Hawk Down.

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A Very Good Book - you should try to read it

This book is about a U.S. soldier who is in the Iraq War. He is assigned to the civil affairs team and his job is to make friends with the Iraqi people. He encounters many obstacles a long the way including lossing his friends and seeing people die which affects him inside. His missions arne't the ones that get in the front lines of the newspaper, but they are the most important it the Iraq war will be a success. I thought it was a very good book becuase it brings you into a soldiers life and it tells the book as if you were with the soliders in the war. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes reading about war or wants to read about a soldier who is caught up in this horrible war where he dosn't know who the enemy is.

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A decent war story

Walter Dean Myer's book, Sunrise Over Fallujah, is a decent war story that takes place during the Iraq war. Robin "Birdy" Perry is a new recruit from New York, who decides to join the army since he is not sure of what he wants to do. He is assigned civil affairs, and gets along well with others in his group. They all think the war will end soon, but soon find out they will be here for much longer . The book was a very realistic story that told of how the war affects solders, and the terror and fear they face when they risk their lives everyday. Birdy also experiences the horrors of war, as he sees many innocent people die, and even some people close to him killed. Birdy begins questioning if America can win, and if he was right to sign up for the war in the first place. The book was a good read that had some really intense and heated moments of action. At other times, I found myself bored as the soldiers were waiting around with nothing to do, or as Birdy kept repeating over and over how the war was affecting him. I was able to pull myself past these parts though, as the book is a really light and simple read. Myers is never short on metaphors, similes, and imagery that helps depict the war to readers of the book. I might have not been impressed by this book because I have read plenty of other war stories, but I would recommend this book as a first war story to someone in junior high or a teenager. It would help them understand what our soldiers are currently going through in Iraq, and give them a glimpse of how a war affects a soldier.

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human interest story, not just war

The characters in this story are likable and most of them seem real. I was concerned this would be a war story, but it is not. It is about a person who happens to be a soldier and how the war affects him.

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Sunrise Over Fallujah. Walter Dean Myers. New York: Scholastic Publishers, Inc. May 2008. 281 pages.

In Sunrise Over Fallujah, a Military recruit named Robin "Birdy" Perry, finds himself engulfed in the horrors of war. In this book, Walter Dean Myers does an incredible job of capturing the real-life terror that faces all soldiers in combat situations. It is edgy, realistic, and an amazing book for the teenage audience.
It begins with Robin "Birdy" Perry joining his Civil Affairs squad and leaving the U.S. for Iraq. Throughout the book, "Birdy" and his squad are dragged deeper and deeper into a war where they don't know who their enemies are or where they're coming from. Near the end of the book, "Birdy" finds himself wondering if the United States is really winning the war and whether he should have enlisted in the first place.
The fact that the author has served in the Military is apparent, since his description of the day-to-day struggles of war are vivid and in-depth. This book's characters are diverse, and they are thoroughly flushed-out as the conflict drags on. The sad truth that no one is safe in a war is shown in this book time and again as soldiers and civilians alike are injured or killed because of the conflict.
In conclusion, I find this book to be both a frightening and entertaining example of modern writing. The characters and story-telling in this book help to raise it beyond the rank and file. It is a good book for both Walter Dean Myers fans and anyone who enjoys realistic fiction.
I personally found this book a glimpse into the realities of war. Though I normally don't read realistic fiction, I was still enthralled with this fantastic book. I recommend it for anyone in need of a good, moderately challenging book.

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life changing

a very good book

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Sunrise over Fallujah, Walter Dean Myers

WAR: that's what it's called. In Sunrise over Fallujah an 18 year old boy finds out what war really is. Robin Perry, from Harlem is sent over to the foreign country Iraq. His hero skills are put to the test when they travel back and forth from Fallujah to Baghdad, and faced with many disasters.
Description and summary of main points
Writing to his Uncle Richie back at home, "Birdy", is trapped with a world of worries. Defending his nation and trying to stop Saddam Hussein, Birdy and his friends are just trying to make it by day by day. Jonesy, Birdy's new best friend, a guitar playing hick that doesn't know why he is in Iraq, just wants to be back in the states. Marla, a tough talking girl with a lot of attitude faces some major problems of her own. While traveling to the dangerous city Baghdad body bags lay on the side of the road with unburied people. Birdy's unit is just trying to stay away from all of the danger that lies ahead.

Evaluation
This book will have you at the edge of your seat and wanting to read more. I recommend this book to middle school and up. With excitement on every page Sunrise over Fallujah will have you just wanting to find out what will happen.

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As always...

Walter Dean Myers still has his skills.

Anonymous

Jonesy dies.....

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Amasing story

I found out this is based on a true story in 2003 it dosnt suprise me because it seemed very real its a must buy

Highly Recommended - this is the best book in the world!!!

The book starts out like this young man joins the army, and he is assigned to the civl affairs squadrant. He despretly hopes that he won't be killed. He sees his friends die in front of him. His mom and dad write him letters that they love him. He will write ack sometimes. He makes lots of friends and saves some of them.

Art

Fantistico! Just like his poems

SunRise

My book report is on the book ¿Sun Rise over Fallujah¿ and if you like action, a little sad, but suspenseful then this is the book for you! A man named Robin ¿Birdy¿ Perry joins the army for a reason he¿s not sure of yet, but all he knows is that he¿s in the ride of his life. Back at home he knows his mom is worried sick about him and his dad is mad at him because instead of going to college he went to the army. But his new squad seems to be his new family in Iraq. Robin meets a lot of new people but his best friends are Marla and Jonesy who later dies in a special mission from CENTCOM to trade stolen kids from the rival tribe for detonators. At first when Robin met Jonesy he was really quiet about making friends with him or anybody else because people in the army come and go so quickly, but soon enough they became the closest friends. One of my favorite parts of the book is when they received the detonators because it was so unexpected that it would turn out to be a fire fight. And the part that stunned me is when jonesy died trying to save one of the kids which was blind so he couldn¿t run away or anything. He was brought back to the camp and carried to the medic tent and he was tried to be saved but a bullet to the neck is almost instant death.

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Great

Soooo great!!!!!!

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Best book

This a great book because it takes you to the life of our troops!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

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Great book.

This is the first book i bought on my Nook Color and i loved it.

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great

it was amazing i could almost see the graphics

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Awesome book!

The storyline in this novel is superior to other war novels! The action and the excitment in this story makes you want to read more and more! Overall it is a great book!

Highly Recommended - you must check it out!!

After I finished reading Fallen Angles, I found myself wanting more from that story and author. This filled that emptiness, but also created a new idea of what war truly is. This book really goes into detail of what the hardships of war. All of the trauma that the soldiers endure. The one thing that really spoke to me through this book is the randomness of war. You never know when something is going to blow up or someone is going to get shot. Walter Dean Myers did a great job of incorperating this into the story.

I have always found books about war really interesting. This book had a perfect mix of violence and story line. You were really able to connect with 'Birdy' and truly were able to feel the same emotions as him. Occasionally in war stories, the author makes it violent just for the sake of making it violent. In Sunrise Over Fallujah, Myers adds it in where it is necessary.

I was constantly looking forward to reading what was going to happen next. Just as war is random, Myers was able to make the story random by keeping you guessing what was going to happen next.

I would definetly reccomend this to anyone would enjoys a good war-story. This meet everything I was looking for and I am looking forward to reading another book by this author very soon.

Sunrise Over Fallujah Review by Cameron Stevens, Block 3

The book is about a young man named Robin that decides to join the army after high school. He gets stationed in Kuwait just outside of Iraq. He meets two people while there. Jonesy, a black man from Georgia, and Marla, a young woman that recently decided to join the military, as well. Little does he know these two will be his best friends for the many months he is in Middle East. In the beginning, he has a hard time figuring out why he isn't in Iraq defending his country. Robin, Jonesy, Marla and Captain Coles are assigned a Humvee for their work on a Civilian Affairs team. The Civilian Affairs soldiers are supposed to help the people living in a war zone by providing them with medicine, water, or assistance in developing a new, independent political system. Although the Rules of Engagement change frequently, Robin and his fellow soldiers learn that some civilians are from different warring tribes or simply want Americans dead. Robin realizes to keep his eyes open at all times due to some close calls that could have killed him and witnessing other soldiers dying around him.
Some major messages or themes this brings to light is to live your life to the fullest. I say this because all of these soldiers are fighting day by day not knowing if they will be living tomorrow. I also think this book shows messages that we need to support our troops in Iraq and throughout the world with us not understanding the harsh conditions out there. Not to mention the amount of emotions the soldiers have to take on themselves to be able to kill someone.
Some things I liked about the book are that every other chapter or so it would show a letter he would write to his father or a family member and he would explain what is happening out there. I disliked how gory the book was at times and I thought the author went into too much detail when it was not necessary, which lost me at times.
This book is worth reading because it gives you an inside view of the military operations in the Middle East. If you chose to read it, then be ready for unexpected scenes to happen and for there to be a lot of gore as well. I don't recommend that you read this book if you don't like war and if you don't want to learn about killing or battle combat. I would most definitely recommend this book because it has a great story behind it. As to my overall rating of this book, I would rate it about a four out of five.